Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

See also: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Wheelchair fencing at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Carioca Arena 3
Dates	12–16 September
Competitors	88

Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held in Rio de Janeiro from 4 September to 8 September 2016.^[1]

Classification

Fencers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows fencers to compete against others with a similar level of function. Fencing has two ability classes, A and B, two genders and three weapons, epee, foil and sabre. Wheelchairs were anchored to the ground during competition.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	9	4	4	17
2	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	2	4
3	France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
4	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
5	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	2	5
7	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	2	1	3
8	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
Totals (12 entries)		14	14	14	42

Events

Twelve events will be competed at the games, six for individual men plus a team events, four for women (who do not take part in an individual sabre event) and a team event.

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	A details	Sun Gang  China	Piers Gilliver  Great Britain	Tian Jianquan  China
	B	Andrei Pranevich  Belarus	Ammar Ali  Iraq	Oleg Naumenko  Ukraine
Team épée	A–B	France Robert Citerne Yannick Ifebe Romain Noble	China Tian Jianquan Sun Gang Hu Daoliang	Poland Dariusz Pender Michal Nalewajek Kamil Rzasa
Individual foil	A	Ye Ruyi  China	Richárd Osváth  Hungary	Sun Gang  China
	B	Feng Yanke  China	Hu Daoliang  China	Maxime Valet  France
Team foil	A–B	China Ye Ruyi Sun Gang Hu Daoliang	Poland Jacek Gaworski Dariusz Pender Michał Nalewajek	France Ludovic Lemoine Damien Tokatlian Maxime Valet
Individual sabre	A	Andrii Demchuk  Ukraine	Richárd Osváth  Hungary	Tian Jianquan  China
	B	Anton Datsko  Ukraine	Panagiotis Triantafyllou  Greece	Adrian Castro  Poland

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	A	Zou Xufeng  China	Bian Jing  China	Yevheniia Breus  Ukraine
	B	Zhou Jingjing  China	Saysunee Jana  Thailand	Chan Yui Chong  Hong Kong
Team épée	A–B	China Zou Xufeng Zhou Jingjing Rong Jing	Hong Kong Chan Yui Chong Justine Charissa Ng Yu Chui Yee	Hungary Gyöngyi Dani Amarilla Veres Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Individual foil	A	Rong Jing  China	Yu Chui Yee  Hong Kong	Zsuzsanna Krajnyák  Hungary
	B	Beatrice Vio  Italy	Zhou Jingjing  China	Yao Fang  China
Team foil	A–B	China Zhou Jingjing Rong Jing Zhang Chuncui	Hungary Gyöngyi Dani Éva Hajmási Zsuzsanna Krajnyák	Italy Beatrice Vio Andreea Mogoș Loredana Trigilia

References

1. "Paralympic Wheelchair Fencing". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.